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Germany is calling for sanctions against russian nitrogen fertilizers due to a 920% increase in exports since the start of the war in Ukraine to reduce dependence on russia for strategic raw materials.

At least seven people have been killed during protests in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against violence by Islamist rebels affiliated with ISIS, who have recently killed more than 40 people.

The occupation authorities have introduced a program to provide certificates for apartments to participants in hostilities against Ukraine as an incentive to increase the number of personnel willing to serve in the occupation forces.

According to DeepState, enemy forces advanced in the Sokol area and in Novooleksandrivka.

The rare and deadly streptococcal toxic shock syndrome, which can lead to death within 48 hours, is spreading rapidly in Japan, especially in Tokyo, with an unprecedented number of cases reported in the first half of 2024.

In Sumy region, the enemy fired 12 times at the border areas and localities, resulting in 25 explosions in several settlements.

State leaders took part in the first plenary session of the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.

The war started by Russia risks going beyond Ukraine's borders and may involve the use of weapons of mass destruction, Turkey's foreign minister said at the Global Peace Summit.

The war in Ukraine can end if Russia stops its armed aggression, restores the territorial integrity of Ukraine and ends the occupation of Ukrainian territories, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani believes.

Ukraine is starting the peace process from a position of strength that has grown significantly over the past three weeks and especially over the past three months, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said at the Global Peace Summit.

Polish President Andrzej Duda has called self-proclaimed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko a puppet of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, accusing him of allowing the Russian army to attack Ukraine from the territory of Belarus and initiating hybrid attacks against Poland and the Baltic states.

Chilean President Gabriel Borich insisted that Russia come to the negotiating table to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, condemning Russian aggression and calling for the defense of Ukraine's sovereignty and food security at the Global Peace Summit.

Spanish President Pedro Sanchez said during the Global Peace Summit that all resources have been mobilized to prevent a nuclear catastrophe due to Russia's war against Ukraine.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not interested in a just peace, has launched a diplomatic campaign against the Peace Summit and ordered states to refrain from participating in it, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.

Japan will step up efforts to support Ukraine in the energy sector.

Dangerous levels of bacteria were found in the water of the Seine River ahead of the Olympic swimming competition in Paris, raising concerns about the safety of athletes.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the Global Peace Summit that freezing the conflict is a recipe for further wars, and it is necessary to support Ukraine's integrity and ensure a just and lasting peace that restores its sovereignty.

The first Global Peace Summit has begun in Switzerland, with 101 countries and international organizations registered to participate.

The Russian army shelled Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovs'k region almost fifteen times, damaging a utility company, a hotel, a private house and an unused building, but there were no casualties.

Soldiers of the 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade, after exhausting battles that lasted more than a month, managed to drive the Russian occupiers from their positions in the Serebryany Forestry in Luhansk region.

On June 15, Peter Pellegrini was officially sworn in as the new president of Slovakia, making an ambiguous reference to the war in Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugees accepted by Slovakia in his first speech.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine has the right to self-defense, including the right to destroy legitimate military objectives on Russian territory, as Russia is the aggressor and has occupied part of Ukraine.

The International Olympic Committee has announced the first lists of eligible "neutral" athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports, approving 25 out of 42 licenses to participate in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili at the Peace Summit, discussing bilateral cooperation, security challenges, the energy crisis in Ukraine due to Russian attacks, and the common aspiration for EU membership, while Georgia considers restoring diplomatic relations with Russia.

Heads of state, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, have already arrived in Switzerland for the upcoming Peace Summit.

Russian media outlets such as TASS, RIA Novosti, Kommersant, Medusa, and Dozhd participate in the Swiss Peace Summit, in line with Switzerland's position as a neutral party in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Russia is dissatisfied with the West's reaction to Putin's statements about the terms of peace talks with Ukraine, calling it "unconstructive" and hoping for a more "substantive and promising" discussion next time.

According to Ukraine's First Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk, with new military aid from the United States, Russia's advantages on the battlefield are gradually diminishing: its advantage in artillery has dropped from 7 to 1 to 5 to 1.

Kuleba discussed nuclear safety issues with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Monaco and emphasized the importance of Monaco's participation in the implementation of the Peace Formula, especially in terms of radiation and nuclear safety.

Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories cannot be stopped by sanctions alone; the only way to stop it is to de-occupy and liberate all the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, said Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.